The Heat jumpstarted the offense early in the first period, firing four quick shots on Reign netminder Jack Campbell (L, 12 saves on 16 shots) and grabbed a 1-0 lead at 3:23 as defenseman Keith Aulie tapped in a centering pass from forward Garnet Hathaway. The Reign pushed back with 12 shots in the opening period and a strong performance on their opening power play. Heat goalie Jon Gillies (W, 34 saves on 36 shots) kept the Reign in check.

Forward Justin Auger made it 1-1 with an unassisted shorthanded goal 16 seconds into the second period, but the Heat rattled off the next four goals to take a 5-1 lead into the intermission. Heat forward Mark Jankowski picked up his team-leading 18 and 19 markers of the season at 2:04 and 4:42 (power play) and forward Morgan Klimchuck chased Campbell to the bench in favor of Jeff Zatkoff (18 saves on 20 shots) at 4:57. Midway through the frame, forward Linden Vey blasted a shot over the blocker of Zatkoff on the man advantage at 13:42.

The Heat added one more goal early in the final frame with a Tyler Wotherspoon deflection past Zatkoff 38 seconds in. Reign forward Michael Mersch, who missed the previous 18 games due to injury, struck on the power play at 12:32 to complete the game scoring. Forwards Teddy Purcell, who missed the past 11 games due to injury, and Jonny Brodzinski added assists. The Reign finished the game 1-for-5 on the power play while the Heat went 2-for-4.